Poll: Is Your Pulsatile Tinnitus Intermittent or Constant?

[Caroline48]

Is your pulsatile tinnitus intermittent or constant?

 

[Maureen777]

Mine is constant. If I have a noisy day, it's louder than usual for a few hours. Then when I get back to my nice quiet home, it dies back down to a bearable level.

 

[Duncan L]

Mine cranks into overdrive immediately upon waking (that's if I have slept). I am forced out of bed and try to get busy asap. The PT often lessens a little but I think this is more due to distraction. At the end of the day the PT often gives way to a more constant loud waivering hissing which can be even more distressing. Pretty demoralising as when I first got PT 5 years ago it would fade out around nightfall and I could enjoy silent peaceful evenings.

 

[GJSCAR]

Mine is intermittent.

 

[Ian Mc]

Mine is intermittent in that I can only hear the pulse in my left ear when I am in certain positions e.g. stooping, leaning forward, leaning my head to the left or right, and sometimes while lying down. If I sat or stood upright I just wouldn't hear it.

 

[Sage]

mine is intermittent ...